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Philosophy for our times
The power and the pitfalls of narrative | Matthew Beaumont, Ruth Padel, and Theodore Dalrymple

Philosophy for our times

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 42:34


Lost in storiesIs life a story or a sequence of events?Our narratives enable us to make sense of the complex, often confusing, world that we live in. And yet there is a risk that rather than helping us to truly understand this world, narratives can hide reality from us, providing delusional states of mind in its place. From witch hunts to cults, from war propaganda to religious honour killings, people are prepared to kill and die for stories they believe in, while others see these narratives as wildly false illusions.Matthew Beaumont is Professor of English at University College London, UK and the author of several books, including two on the topic of late nineteenth-century utopianism. He has also edited several essay collections and published numerous articles in scholarly journals.Ruth Padel is a poet, broadcaster, and critic whose engagement with the natural world infuses her volumes of poetry, nature writing, biography, and criticism.Theodore Dalrymple is the pen-name for Anthony Malcolm Daniels, an English cultural critic, prolific writer, satirist, prison physician, and psychiatrist. And don't hesitate to email us at podcast@iai.tv with your thoughts or questions on the episode!To witness such debates live buy tickets for our upcoming festival: https://howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/And visit our website for many more articles, videos, and podcasts like this one: https://iai.tv/You can find everything we referenced here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Livre Noir
Theodore Dalrymple : "La liberté, ce n'est pas faire ce qui vous passe par la tête !"

Livre Noir

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 47:46


Theodore Dalrymple est l'invité exceptionnel du grand entretien de Frontières. L'essayiste anglais reviendra sur sa vie, et notamment sur sa perception de l'éducation qui a drastiquement changé au fil du temps. Soutenez-nous sur frontieresmedia.fr et frontieresmedia.fr !

Psychobabble
The Godfather of Psychobabble on the Real Roots of Addiction, Crime and Radicalization

Psychobabble

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 100:53


In this Psychobabble episode, I sit down with , Dr. Anthony Daniels also known as Theodore Dalrymple — a psychiatrist, former prison doctor, and acclaimed author known for his incisive critiques of modern psychology and societal trends. We discuss misconceptions in psychology, the links between fatherlessness and criminality, the roots of addiction, why some women tolerate domestic violence and the nature of criminal behaviour and human agency.It's another long episode, here are the timestamps - feel free to skip to your favourite topic:02:59: The Misconceptions in Psychology05:40 On Psychological Theories and Psychoanalysis09:00 Childhood Trauma and Criminality12:00 Fatherlessness and its imact on Society14:45 The Nature of Crime and Agency15:40: Addiction: A Misunderstood “Illness”22:30 The Expansion of Psychiatric Diagnoses25:44 Women Accepting Domestic Violence35:00 The Appeal of Islamic Radicalization 38:50 Is Prison Rehabilitative?42:00 Cultural Influences of Criminal Behaviour53:32 Setting Boundaries in Patient Relationships52:20: The Toxicity of Non-Judgementalism56:26: Emotionally-Focused Therapy01.04:00: The Role of Community and Dangers Associated01:13:00: Changing Psychiatric Orthodoxy01:21:00: Understanding Criminal Behaviour and InsanityGet your nails done to perfection and get in shape at this luxury gym while ordering your stunning new custom made art piece for your home with a discount using the promocode “psychobabble podcast” - Check it out by clicking below: Get full access to Psychobabble at hannahspier.substack.com/subscribe

Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson

0:00 - Trump remarks at Al Smith Dinner   9:50 - Kamala video for Al Smith dinner   24:22 - Polk Co, FL Sheriff Grady Judd announcing human trafficking arrests   43:11 - Dan Proft hair update   43:53 - President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and foreign affairs columnist for The Washington Times, Clifford May, on Israel/Gaza and the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. For more on the Foundation for Defense of Democracies fdd.org   59:59 - Search and Rescue   01:19:01 - Theodore Dalrymple, contributing editor of City Journal & a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute: What Are We Doing to Children? Get Theodore's newest book On the Ivory Stages published by Mirabeau Press   01:35:59 - Author and former diplomat, Dave Seminara, on weathering the storms - natural & political - in St Petersburg FL. Check out Dave's recent books  Footsteps of Federer and Mad Travelers: A Tale of Wanderlust, Greed and the Quest to Reach the Ends of the Earth 01:52:01 - OPEN MIC FRIDAYSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

De Nieuwe Wereld
"Etiket extreem-rechts kwam Britse regering goed uit"| #1682 met Patrick van IJzendoorn

De Nieuwe Wereld

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 63:12


Martin Sommer in gesprek met Patrick van IJzendoorn over de recente rellen in Groot-Brittannië. Bronnen en links bij deze uitzending: - Lees hier de columns van Theodore Dalrymple: http://www.skepticaldoctor.com/

I Thought You'd Like To Know This, Too
ITEST Webinar A New Understanding of Quantum Mechanics: Back to Aristotle and Aquinas (August 17, 2024)

I Thought You'd Like To Know This, Too

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2024 111:37


In this ITEST webinar entitled "A New Understanding of Quantum Mechanics: Back to Aristotle and Aquinas" Dr. Robert Kurland, Kenneth Francis, and Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, discuss metaphysics, epistemology, and quantum physics. (August 17, 2024)In the order of appearance,Sebastian Mahfood, OP, PhD, "Introduction to Aristotelian-Thomistic Metaphysics"Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, Director of ITEST, is a Lay Dominican of the Province of Saint Albert the Great. He has served as a professor of intercultural and interdisciplinary studies in theological education for over two decades. In 2021, he transitioned full-time to developing his publishing house, En Route Books and Media, LLC, and his radio station, WCAT Radio, the missions of which are to promote the Catholic spiritual journey in the provision of resources that assist in the formation of priests and laity. He lives in St. Louis with his wife, Dr. Stephanie Mahfood, and children, Alexander and Eva Ruth.Abstract“All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses” – so begins Aristotle's Metaphysics, less a metaphysical statement than an epistemological one, but it sets the tone for everything that follows in terms of the third level of abstraction, being qua being, since it indicates the hylomorphic nature of man as both spiritual and material. The immaterial mind learns when the body, formed by the soul, perceives through its senses an ambient reality, generating a phantasm which no longer relies on the sensory impression. One need only touch fire once, for example, to get the idea of “hot.” Are there ways in which metaphysics can help us understand quantum mechanics? Certainly! And that is the subject of this talk.Kenneth Francis, "God and Quantum Theory "Kenneth Francis is a freelance journalist and Contributing Editor at New English Review. For the past 30 years, he has worked as an editor in various publications and print media, as well as a university professor in journalism. He also holds an MA in Theology and is the author of The Little Book of God, Mind, Cosmos and Truth (St Pauls Publishing); The Terror of Existence: From Ecclesiastes to Theatre of the Absurd (with Theodore Dalrymple); and Neither Trumpets Nor Violins (with Theodore Dalrymple and Samuel Hux).AbstractIn understanding the universe, it seems that quantum theory, according to most physicists, is the final mysterious frontier of cosmic science. If so, I believe that this boundary can only be understood fully by a Mind possessing omniscience: God. The serpent in the Garden of Eden successfully conned Adam and Eve into believing they could achieve omniscience, and we all know what happened after that mother-of-all conceited errors. I often wonder did the serpent also tempt the ‘Adam and Eve' scientists in Switzerland's ‘Garden of CERN', with its Large Hadron Collider in search of the so-called ‘God particle'. Even Mary Shelly's novel Frankenstein was written by the shores of Lake Geneva, next door to CERN, with its potential for creating another Frankenstein's monster.​Robert Kurland, PhD, "A ‘New' Understanding of Quantum Mechanics: Back to Aristotle and Aquinas"Dr. Robert Kurland (a convert to Catholicism in 1995) is a retired physicist who has applied magnetic resonance to problems of biological interest in his research (web search: “Kurland-McGarvey Equation”). He began to learn about quantum mechanics at Caltech (BS, “with honor,” 1951) and Harvard (MS,1953; Ph.D.,1956) from courses taught by Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger. In teaching quantum mechanics to students at Carnegie-Mellon University and SUNY/AB he found that mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics was an obstacle to understanding. So, in his talk he will try to explain what quantum mechanics is about using a minimum of mathematics, as he did in his book Mysteries: Quantum and Theological.AbstractIn this talk, I'll give a brief, qualitative, pictorial explanation of quantum mechanics, from a historical perspective. Two mysteries of quantum mechanics (behavior not in accord with our everyday intuition), the wavelike nature of particles, and entanglement, will be illustrated in simple examples. I'll examine how philosophers of science have recently used two concepts, actus (actus essendi) and potentia, to explain these mysteries and put them into a context of Aristotelian/Thomistic metaphysics.

De Nieuwe Wereld
Rellen in Engeland, conformisme in de media, Olympische Spelen en meer | #1670 Nieuws van de Week

De Nieuwe Wereld

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 80:58


Rogier van Bemmel, Wierd Duk en Arnout Jaspers bespreken het nieuws van de week, waaronder vliegschaamte, klimaatoptimisme, conformisme en angst in de media, rellen in Engeland, tribalisering en taboeïsering, het kwaad, het christendom en de westerse beschaving, de Olympische Spelen, de islam en meer.kalibreren Bronnen en links bij deze uitzending: - Jitske Kramer over haar identiteit als reiziger: https://x.com/jitskekramer/status/1820847786642075690 - 'Een vliegtuig vol gebroken voornemens': https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/07/19/een-vliegtuig-vol-gebroken-voornemens-a4860185 - 'De klimaatoptimist' van Arnout Jaspers: https://www.blauwburgwal.nl/product/de-klimaatoptimist/ - 'Er is geen stikstofcrisis, wel een probleem', het laatste gesprek (van vele) van Arnout Jaspers bij DNW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X21L6ZV8QyU - 'Rellen vloeien direct voort uit de weerzinwekkende Britse populaire cultuur', opinie-artikel van Theodore Dalrymple

Way Of The Truth Warrior Podcast
Why Is Everything So Insane Right Now? (Drive with Dave)

Way Of The Truth Warrior Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 33:27


The author I was mentioning in the beginning is Theodore Dalrymple. The Stanford prison experimentChapter Four (Cult of the Medics) Communism has come to the West | Dr James Lindsay This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dwtruthwarrior.substack.com/subscribe

The Studies Show
Episode 40: Addiction

The Studies Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 65:21


To be addicted to something, you've got to… er, actually, what does it mean to be “addicted” to something? We all agree you can be addicted to heroin, but can you also be addicted to videogames, or sex, or listening to podcasts? And actually, it turns out we don't all agree you can be addicted to heroin - or, at least, people have very different models of what that means. In what is effectively an hour-long clarification of a throwaway comment in a previous episode, Tom and Stuart talk through the various aspects of addiction, and try to pin down the scientific definition of what turns out to be a strangely elusive concept.The Studies Show is brought to you by Works in Progress magazine, whose recent issue covers its usual mix of science, technology, and policy ideas to help with human flourishing. Read deeply-researched articles about prediction markets, gentrification, concrete, and drink-driving policy at worksinprogress.co. Show notes* Addiction: A Very Short Introduction, by Keith Humphries* And his Atlantic article on how de-stigmatising drugs could be a mistake* Unlocked: The Real Science of Screen Time (and How to Spend it Better) by Pete Etchells* Scotland's unbelievably bad drug problem in one graph* Theodore Dalrymple on Samuel Taylor Coleridge* And another historical case: The Rugeley Poisoner* US physician referring to addiction as a “disease” in 1874* And a German physician discusses “morbid craving” for morphine in 1875* Made-up Victorian theories on the cause of addiction* Useful Vaughan Bell article on “the unsexy truth” about dopamine* Evidence that Parkinson's patients still experience pleasure despite low dopamine levels* Evidence that a majority of (UK) smokers want to quit* The CAGE screening questionnaire for alcohol disorders* On the 1980 letter cited in and discussed in Dopesick* Marc Lewis's Memoirs of an Addicted Brain* A discussion and critique of the “Rat Park” experiments* Paper on “Addictive Symptoms of Mukbang Watching” (this is real!)* The jokey origins of “Internet Use Disorder”CreditsThe Studies Show is produced by Julian Mayers at Yada Yada Productions. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thestudiesshowpod.com/subscribe

Better Known
Anthony Daniels

Better Known

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2024 31:11


Anthony Daniels discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Anthony Daniels was born in London in 1949. He retired from medical practice except for medico-legal work in 2005. He has written several books, including an account of a journey across Africa by public transport, and under his pseudonym, Theodore Dalrymple, has written many essays for publications such as City Journal, some of which were collected in Life at the Bottom (2001), which has been translated into several languages. His new book is Buried But Not Quite Dead: Forgotten Writers of Père Lachaise. He divides his time between England and France. The Fire Raisers by Max Frisch https://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatreblog/2007/nov/01/thearsonistsstillburnsbrig The Hospital Poems by WE Henley https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1931720414002025 A Mother Peeling Apples by Pieter de Hooch https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/a-woman-peeling-apples-209233 Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne-Melchior_de_Vog%C3%BC%C3%A9 That Le Corbusier was a fascist https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32546182 That the poor are disproportionately the victims of crime https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/apr/18/socialexclusion.crime This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

The Genius of Thomas Sowell
"Social Pathologies & Sowell" with Theodore Dalrymple

The Genius of Thomas Sowell

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2024 91:26


This episode features a deep dive into Theodore Dalrymple's 2001 masterpiece "Life at the Bottom," one of Thomas Sowell's favorite books, and one of my all time favorites as well. I strongly suggest you read or listen to this book as soon as possible, You can thank me later. I prefer the audiobook to the written book, just because the audiobook narrator does such a fantastic job.I interview Dalrymple about his book and about his thoughts on Sowell's body of work.Notes to help you get the most out of this episode:• My four favorite Theodore Dalrymple books:1.  "Life at the Bottom" (2001)2. "Our Culture, What's Left of It" (2007)3. "Admirable Evastions"  (2020)4. "Spoilt Rotton"  (2011)Theodore Dalrymple has published over 30 books and has a new book coming out soon.• This episodes' song list; all songs by Eminem.-Lose Yourself instrumental-Lose Yourself original version-Without Me-The Kiss (skit)-Sing for the Moment (with Aerosmith)-Love the Way you Lie (with Rihanna)-Superman-Guilty Conscience-River (with Ed Sheeran)-Lose Yourself orchestralTHERE ARE 4 WAYS TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST:1) Support the show financially by subscribing with a monthly contribution on Patreon:   www.Patreon.com/SowellGeniusThe money raised through Patreon supports our efforts to popularize the books and ideas of Thomas Sowell.----------------------------------------------2) Rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts. This helps a lot by nudging the show to the top of Google searches. I really appreciate the many positive reviews, especially this one by Jonsby: "This is one of the few podcasts that I actually slow down so I can savor it!"----------------------------------------------3) Purchase our Thomas Sowell Post It Note pads:  You can find all 250+ digital images of the post it notes HERE, feel free to download them and use them however you like.To purchase pads of printed post it notes, please visit our shop at: GeniusSowell.etsy.com ----------------------------------------------4) NEW! Purchase our Thomas Sowell faux postage stamps, you can see them here: https://x.com/alanwolan/status/1750903763978911931?s=46.To purchase, PayPal $4/sheet of 30 stamps to: WolanAlan@gmail.com.Don't forget to put your mailing address in the PayPal notes section so I know where to send them.I know you have thousands of other podcasts you could be listening to, and I truly appreciate the time and interest you show in mine.Alan WolanSupport the show

The Catholic Current
Does Everyone Need Therapy? (Theodore Dalrymple) 1/17/24

The Catholic Current

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 52:22


We welcome back Theodore Dalrymple of City Journal to discuss the omnipresence of therapy and psychology. Have these disciplines been reduced to a kind of superstition?   Show Notes The Therapeutic Turn | City Journal Admirable Evasions: How Psychology Undermines Morality | Theodore Dalrymple Romancing Opiates: Pharmacological Lies and the Addiction Bureaucracy | Theodore Dalrymple The Weaponization of Psychology (James Corbett) 9/6/23 The Triumph of the Therapeutic: Uses of Faith after Freud The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia | Samuel Johnson Bad Ideas Have Bad Consequences | The Imaginative Conservative Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Veritas Community Church Sermons

Pastor Garrison GreeneTEXT: Genesis 3:8-19BIG IDEA: God lovingly comes to seek us out and deliver our sentence.OUTLINE:1) The Seeking (vs. 8-13)2) The Sentence (vs. 14-19)RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Kidner's Classic Commentaries: Genesis by Derek Kidner; Reformation Commentary on Scripture: Genesis 1-11 ed. John Thompson; Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass by Theodore Dalrymple; The First Chapters of Everything: How Genesis 1-4 Explains Our World by Alasdair Paine;

The Charlie Kirk Show
Why Are People Poor? with Dr. Theodore Dalrymple

The Charlie Kirk Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 37:02


Why does poverty still exist when the world is richer than ever? As author Theodore Dalrymple explains, it's not because of exploitation or "racism." Dalrymple has spent an entire lifetime observing the pathologies of the Western underclass. He explains how bad values and a lack of agency is locking people into a self-destructive "life at the bottom."Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Property and Freedom Podcast
PFP257 | Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple), “History and Free Will: the Effect of Historiography on Our Psychology” (PFS 2023)

Property and Freedom Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023


Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 257. This talk is from the recently-concluded Seventeenth Annual (2023) Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society, Sept. 21-26, 2023. Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England/France): “History and Free Will: the Effect of Historiography on Our Psychology” Other talks to follow in due course. PFS 2023 Youtube Playlist.

Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson

0:00 - Brandon Johnson's Budget and Migrant shelters in Chicago   9:05 - Campus Beat: Pro Palestine Harvard & Northwestern   27:51 - Senior Contributing Editor at Jewish News Syndicate, host of the “Caroline Glick Show” on JNS and columnist for Newsweek, Caroline Glick, responds to the pro-Palestine protests in Chicago. Get more from Caroline on X @CarolineGlick and carolineglick.com   48:27 - Phil Kerpen, president of American Commitment and chairman of the Internet Freedom Coalition:  Biden's Illegal Attack on Gas-Powered Cars Must be Stopped. If you don't already, follow Phil on X @kerpen   01:02:41 - Theodore Dalrymple, contributing editor of City Journal and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, takes on the Psychology of Denial. Check out some of Theodore's many books including   Life at the Bottom and Romancing Opiates: Pharmacological Lies and the Addiction Bureaucracy   01:19:05 - Please tell me how birds are racist    01:35:34 - Will Hurd, congressman for TX district 23 from 2015-21 and former candidate for president, explains why he is endorsing Nikki Haley for GOP nominee   01:52:47 - Tom Homan, former Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, breaks down the Biden border policies that are putting lives at risk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The MalaCast
Major Democrat Goes Off The Res on Immigration

The MalaCast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2023 23:50


Over the bleached bones and jumbled residue of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: "Too late." -MLK Jr, 1967 Mayor Eric Adams has said that illegal immigration will "destroy" New York. My question is why are the feds sending them? An influential Minnesota Democrat is now a law-and-order enthusiast after thugs broke her leg. But why is there such a failure of empathy on the left for victims of crime before they themselves are battered? "It is easier to forgive the evil done to others than to forgive the evil done to oneself, especially if in the first place we don't really like those others to whom the evil is done." -Theodore Dalrymple

Off Script
Theodore Dalrymple

Off Script

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2023 56:37


In recent weeks videos have gone viral showing mobs of people raiding shops in Oxford street. In places across the country, many low-level crimes have become effectively legal. To discuss how life in Britain has changed in recent decades Steven Edginton is joined by the conservative writer, critic and psychiatrist Theodore Dalrymple.Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/7zbkMRI4Fxs|Read more from The Telegraph's award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion |For 30 days' free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio|See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Theodore Dalrymple

Off Script

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2023 56:44


In recent weeks videos have gone viral showing mobs of people raiding shops in Oxford street. In places across the country, many low-level crimes have become effectively legal. To discuss how life in Britain has changed in recent decades Steven Edginton is joined by the conservative writer, critic and psychiatrist Theodore Dalrymple.Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/7zbkMRI4Fxs|Read more from The Telegraph's award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion |For 30 days' free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio|See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson

0:00 - RIP Rocky Wirtz & when titans of industry take on honorifics    30:38 - Tucker in his car with Ice Cube (they do not sing or get coffee)   53:57 - CAMPUS BEAT: Sorority consultants   01:13:10 - Mikhail Zyga – Russian journalist—a scholar and a badass. Former frontline combat journalist, was a founding editor of Dozhd, the only independent TV station in Russia, was labeled a “foreign agent,” and forced to flee Russia, discusses Russia, Ukraine and his new book War and Punishment: Putin, Zelensky, and the Path to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine   01:29:23 - Noted economist Stephen Moore: Get a generator, the grid is no longer reliable. For more Steve @StephenMoore   01:43:09 - Theodore Dalrymple, contributing editor of City Journal and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, on Intellectual Dysfunction. Theodore Dalrymple is also the author of many books, including Life at the Bottom and Romancing Opiates: Pharmacological Lies and the Addiction Bureaucracy 01:56:00 - Tom Homan, former Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: since Joe Biden has been president over 1700 migrants have died on US soil, which is a record by farSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The MalaCast
The Left Hates White People

The MalaCast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 22:49


Where religion is compulsory, I am an atheist; but where religion is forbidden, I am a believer.  –Theodore Dalrymple   Saira Rao is an antiwhite bigot.  So what?  Well, Andrew Yang endorsed her.  Antiwhite hatred is a zero to the left.   Just as a man can commit suicide due to guilt, so can a nation.

The MalaCast
Our Time Is Unnervingly Radical

The MalaCast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2023 26:12


“We look on past ages with condescension, as a mere preparation for us… but what if we are a mere after-glow of them?”  -JG Farrell   I would like my kid to go to a school where they paddle but I don't think that's a thing.   It's unnerving how many things lasted from Christ (or longer) until twelve minutes ago.   The death penalty. Spare the rod spoil the child. Marriage being lifelong. Marriage being exclusively hetero. Swift criminal punishments. Etc   "No doubt Christianity has much to answer for in its long history, but the sight of an age-long tradition treated in this way filled me with disgust. It is one thing for traditions to die out of themselves; it is quite another for them to be killed by men who think they know everything, by men whose vengeance extends even to the past, even to the dead."  –Theodore Dalrymple

Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson

0:00 - Meeting of the mayors: Johnson feels ‘historic moment' discussing transition with Lightfoot — ‘We are uniting this city today'   13:39 - White House's Kirby: "Undeniable" That Lack Of Planning By Trump Administration Caused Afghanistan Withdrawal Disaster   31:39 - Lightfoot leaves successor with major crime hitting new highs and no clear plan to fix it   01:06:37 - Richard A. Epstein is a James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law, Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago. He joined Dan Proft and Charles Thomas with reaction to the indictment of former President Trump in New York.   01:23:33 - Theodore Dalrymple is a contributing editor of City Journal, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and the author of many books, including Life at the Bottom and Romancing Opiates: Pharmacological Lies and the Addiction Bureaucracy. He joined Dan Proft and Charles Thomas to talk transgenderism and the new oath administered to freshmen at the Minnesota Medical School   01:39:59 - James L. Perry is the Founder, CIO Perry International Capital Partners, LLC. He joined Dan Proft and Charles Thomas with reaction to the March unemployment numbers.   01:59:54 - OPEN MIC FRIDAY!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Claremont Review of Books Podcast
Theodore Dalrymple on the History of Mental Health Treatment

The Claremont Review of Books Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2023 29:45


To close out the Fall 2022 issue, Spencer is joined by Anthony Daniels (pen name Theodore Dalrymple), a British physician, psychiatrist and prolific author of excellent books. They discuss the history of psychiatric treatment in the West, particularly its blatant barbarism until recently, where we've moved from barbarism to aggressive apathy as the mentally ill have been emptied from asylums to the city streets, where they languish, untreated. Daniels and Spencer talk about solutions to this unfortunate situation. Plus: a brief COVID retrospective from a sane medical professional.  

Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson

0:00 - PButt slips tongue, loses train   11:50 - THE GREAT DISINTEGRATION: AG moves on Kim Gardner   29:03 - How did Brandon Johnson go from 3% back in December 2022 to 18 % in Feb 2023?   47:46 - Andrea Mitchell's post script on DeSantis smear   01:06:33 - President of Center of the American Experiment and contributor to Powerline, John Hinderaker, asks How incompetent is the Biden Administration? Check out John's latest for Powerline here   01:19:55 - Senior editor at Wirepoints, Matt Rosenberg: Never mind last year's 41% crime spike in Chicago. It's up again another 55% this year. You can read Wirepoints Report: Chicago, New Orleans were the nation's murder capitals in 2022 – A Wirepoints survey of America's 75 largest cities. Also check out Matt's book  What Next, Chicago? Notes of a Pissed-Off Native Son    01:38:54 - Theodore Dalrymple, contributing editor of City Journal and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute: “One of the more pernicious aspects of contemporary ideologies is their demand that we propound and defend ideas we know to be false.” Read Dr. Dalrymple's full article Lying to Ourselves. Also check out a selection of his books  Life at the Bottom and Romancing Opiates: Pharmacological Lies and the Addiction Bureaucracy  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Catholic Current
Bureaucratic Bullies (Theodore Dalrymple) 1/18/23

The Catholic Current

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2023 52:16


We welcome back Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute Theodore Dalrymple to discuss his latest in City Journal about the "Reign of the Administrators". Is there any escape from endless bureaucracy? Reign of the Administrators | City Journal Cuckoo Policies - Taki's Magazine Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses Charlie Gard vs The Duty to Die Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

The MalaCast
There's Starving Kids in Africa & Other News

The MalaCast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2023 21:52


I believe that it is both foolish and wicked to have children by men without having considered even for a second or a fraction of a second whether the men have any qualities that might make them good fathers. Mistakes are possible, of course: a man may turn out not to be as expected. But not even to consider the question is to act as irresponsibly as it is possible for a human being to act. It is knowingly to increase the sum of evil in the world, and sooner or later the summation of small evils leads to the triumph of evil itself. –Theodore Dalrymple A six-year-old has shot his teacher in the chest. Supposedly, this is a problem with guns. But I don't think so. Dr. Scott Gottlieb of Pfizer sought Twitter censorship of critics of his company's vaccine. And got it. And now is playing the victim! An assertion of fact in whose contradiction no one would for a moment believe is not worth making. –Theodore Dalrymple

Property and Freedom Podcast
PFP212 | Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple), Murder Mysteries Then and Now: Agatha Christie and Ian Rankin (PFS 2019)

Property and Freedom Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2023


Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 212. This talk is from the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England/France), Murder Mysteries then and now: Agatha Christie and Ian Rankin. PFS 2019 Playlist.

The Elliot Resnick Show
The Corrupting Influence of Welfare and Psychology

The Elliot Resnick Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 30:42


The author of over 40 books, Theodore Dalrymple believes the welfare state harms the poor -- spiritually -- and that the the popularization of psychology has led to "cultural disaster" in the West.  Dalrymple is a retired physician and psychiatrist who used to treat people in a prison and slum hospital in England.

Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson

0:00 - Triple Threat: state-run, state-financed media   8:07 - The ‘SAFE-T Act' Is the Epitome of Political Hypocrisy   23:44 - SPORTS & POLITICS: No U.S.-born black players in World Series   45:23 - Theodore Dalrymple, contributing editor of City Journal and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, explains  The Economics of Envy. Theodore has also written many books, including  Life at the Bottom and Romancing Opiates: Pharmacological Lies and the Addiction Bureaucracy   01:01:59 - Peggy Hamburg, former FDA commissioner, discusses COVID protocols/mandates and the new Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense to protect against future pandemics   01:22:55 - Dan & Amy check in on the race for IL Gov   01:40:42 - Former Acting Chief of Customs & Border Patrol, Mark Morgan, brings the receipts to show how dishonest the Biden admin has been about the border. More of Mark's reporting on the border here   01:54:20 - Emily B. Finley, former  John and Daria Barry Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University with a doctorate in politics from The Catholic University of America, shares her new book The Ideology of DemocratismSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Genius of Thomas Sowell
Katharine Birbalsingh on Thomas Sowell and Theodore Dalrymple

The Genius of Thomas Sowell

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2022 100:51


When you study Thomas Sowell, you are inevitably introduced to other intellectuals Sowell cites in his books. These are the thinkers Sowell looks up to and draws inspiration from.  One such thinker is the British Psychiatrist Theodore Dalrymple.In this episode we explore Dalrymple's book "Life At The Bottom" and what it has to teach us about the ideas which perpetuate poverty and other social pathologies in the British underclass and what lessons we can draw for a deeper understanding of the American underclasses. We interview "Britain's Strictest Headmistress" Katharine Birbalsingh about Sowell and Dalrymple and how these two thinkers have influenced her educational philosophy. Here are some useful links to deepen your appreciation of the episode:• Here's a LINK to Ice T's "That's How I'm Livin'"• Here's a LINK to Theodore Dalrymple's book "Life At The Bottom"• Here's a LINK to the film documentary "Britain's Strictest Headmistress". This is a MUST watch!THERE ARE 3 WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SHOW:1) Rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts. This helps a lot by nudging the show to the top of Google searches.2) Purchase our Thomas Sowell Post It Note pads:  You can find all 100 digital images of the post it notes HERE, feel free to download them and use them however you like.To purchase pads of printed post it notes, please  Paypal $4/pad to wolanalan@gmail.com or Venmo to @Alan-Wolan.  Please put your mailing address as well as your email address in the notes of the payment. International orders will cost more, please ask.NEW:  We have two editions of the quotes available:Edition #2: Quotes 1 - 50.Edition #3: Quotes 51 - 100When you order, if you don't specify, we will send you half your order Edition #2 and the other half Edition #3.3) Support the show financially by subscribing with a monthly contribution on Patreon, link HERE.You can  email Alan at: WolanAlan@gmail.comThere are only so many hours in the day and that fact that you spend some of your precious time listening to my podcast is something I will never take for granted and will always appreciate.THANK YOU!

Subversive w/Alex Kaschuta
Theodore Dalrymple (Anthony Daniels) - Evil in a Decadent Society

Subversive w/Alex Kaschuta

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 73:45


In this special Subversive episode, I'm joined by one of the most influential and observant social critics of our age, a man who has seen it all and lived to tell the tale. We speak about crime, anarcho-tyranny, the allure of violence, the concept of evil, religion, liberalism, decadence, mental illness, identity, stigma, and much, much more. This was one of my favorite conversations on this podcast, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Anthony's recommended subversive is Simon Leys, an essayist, and sinologist, one of the first intellectuals to denounce the Cultural Revolution in China and the idolizing of Mao in the West. Anthony Daniels, who is more well known by his pseudonym, Theodore Dalrymple, is a retired prison physician and psychiatrist and the author of many, many wonderful books, among them “Life at the Bottom” and “Our culture, what's left of it." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aksubversive/message

Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson

0:00 - What now? WNBA star Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in prison   14:05 - Dan & Amy respond to Pres Biden declaring Monkey Pox a Nationwide Health Emergency   24:01 - ”He shot my arm off”   28:16 - Dan & Amy listen as Ted Cruz queries Chris Wray about FBI personnel in Whitmer case   47:32 - Theodore Dalrymple, contributing editor of City Journal, shares the complexities of depression and  Medicating Complexity. Theodore also has an apropos book on the subject  Romancing Opiates: Pharmacological Lies and the Addiction Bureaucracy   01:05:47 - Editor, Chicago District Golfer magazine, Barry Cronin, mediates the PGA v Liv battle. For more from Barry visit cdga.org    01:27:47 - Jim Glasgow, Will County SA & Bob Berlin, DuPage County SA explain the SAFE-T Act   01:47:43 - James L. Perry, Senior Vice President & Partner at Arbor Research, runs through the July jobs numbers    02:01:05 - OPEN MIC FRIDAYSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Property and Freedom Podcast
PFP190 | Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England), The Psychology of Multiculturalism (PFS 2018)

Property and Freedom Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022


Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 190. This talk is from the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England), The Psychology of Multiculturalism. PFS 2018 Playlist.

The MalaCast
Book Reviews Should Have a Republican Rating

The MalaCast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 23:42


"All those who do not follow the line that I have set out will be smashed." -Ho Chi Minh I bought the book "Requiem," a book about wars in Indochina in the postwar period. What I got was Communist propaganda. "This, of course, lays bare the curious moral stance of our age: it is not wrong to bash an innocent woman to death with a brick, but it is wrong to condemn the deed and its perpetrators." -Theodore Dalrymple

Property and Freedom Podcast
PFP180 | Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple), Political Correctness in Medical Journals (PFS 2017)

Property and Freedom Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2022 32:43


Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 180. This talk is from the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England), Political Correctness in Medical Journals. PFS 2017 Playlist.

The MalaCast
Detroit's Black Residents Agree With Me

The MalaCast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2022 49:58


“Those who oppose Reagan cite, exhibiting traditional American ingenuity, almost everything they can think to say against him."  -William F Buckley I have a final thought about Shinzo Abe:  National leaders are many things, but not cowards.  I explain. Lebron James (moron) wonders if he were rotting in a Russian jail if he'd even want to come back to the USA.  He's incredibly dense.  And probably Smolletted himself! A USA Today Poll in Detroit showed black residents were overwhelmingly more concerned about public safety than about "police reform."  White residents were more concerned about police reform. “In [totalitarianism] shortages of material goods, even of necessities, were not a drawback but a great advantage for the rulers. These shortages were not accidental to the terror, but one of its most powerful instruments. Not only did shortages keep people's minds strictly on bread and sausage, and divert their energies to procuring them so that there was no time or inclination left over for subversion…”  -Theodore Dalrymple

Property and Freedom Podcast
PFP158 | Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple), “On Bogus Illnesses and Their Enablers” (PFS 2016)

Property and Freedom Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022


Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 158. This talk is from the 2016 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England), “On Bogus Illnesses and Their Enablers”. PFS 2016 Playlist.

Solomons Temple
Ep 104 Illegality and legality of drugs

Solomons Temple

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 27:28


Theodore Dalrymple and Ethan Nadelman discuss points of view on possible issues concerning drug legality. there is hope for everyone.

Property and Freedom Podcast
PFP140 | Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple), Murderers I Knew (PFS 2015)

Property and Freedom Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2022


Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 140. This talk is from the 2015 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England), Murderers I Knew. PFS 2015 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast
PFP110 | Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple), Public Health or Public Totalitarianism? A Report from Medical Journals (PFS 2013)

Property and Freedom Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022


Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 110. This lecture is from the 2013 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England), Public Health or Public Totalitarianism? A Report from Medical Journals. PFS 2013 Playlist.

The Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed
The Ralston College Podcast: Ep. 25 – Theodore Dalrymple on H. G. Wells’s ‘The Time Machine’

The Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022


Ralston College presents a lecture delivered on March 17th, 2022 by Theodore Dalrymple (aka Anthony Daniels) on H. G. Wells's extraordinary ‘scientific romance,’ ‘The Time Machine’.  A brilliant seer and prophet with a very pessimistic view of humanity, Wells was, nevertheless, a naive and shallow political thinker. The two sides of his mind—the artistic and […]

The Ralston College Podcast
Ep. 25 - Theodore Dalrymple on H. G. Wells's 'The Time Machine'

The Ralston College Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 91:57


Ralston College presents a lecture delivered on March 17th, 2022 by Theodore Dalrymple (aka Anthony Daniels) on H. G. Wells's extraordinary 'scientific romance,' 'The Time Machine'.  A brilliant seer and prophet with a very pessimistic view of humanity, Wells was, nevertheless, a naive and shallow political thinker. The two sides of his mind—the artistic and the ideological; the 'unofficial' and the 'official'—were in conflict. In his writings and personal life, Wells embodied the cultural and philosophical schisms underlying the most important political and sociological questions of our time.  Wells's prescient insights, and troubling self-contradictions point to deep questions at the heart of human nature.

Property and Freedom Podcast
PFP099 | Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple), The Ultimate “Freedom”: Choice without Consequences (PFS 2012)

Property and Freedom Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2022


Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 099. This lecture is from the 2012 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England), The Ultimate “Freedom”: Choice without Consequences. PFS 2012 Playlist.

Loving Liberty Radio Network
2022 April 4 The Bryan Hyde Show

Loving Liberty Radio Network

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 85:20


It's a lot easier to try to appear as a good person than to actually live as a good person. Paul Rosenberg explains why in his essay about how a Twitter mob is a religious experience. Social media has made virtue signaling the path of least resistance. Robin Koerner has a great take on how signaling turns virtue into vice. If you wish to make a difference, this is worth understanding. Whether you grew up in a railroad town or not, you likely understood the desire to not be from the "wrong side of the tracks." Annie Holmquist has a fresh take on this concept as it applies to the trades vs. college. The "convenience" of a cashless society will be a major part of how it's sold to us. But don't be fooled. Peter Caddle says a cashless society would leave millions of people struggling. How would you prioritize what has been lost over the past couple of years? Chet Richards says America is suffering from a gigantic loss of trust and restoring it isn't going to be easy. Maintaining one's sense of perspective can be a challenge even when things are going well. It's much harder to do during times of crisis. Lewis Dovland reminds us to keep the Big Picture in mind. China is bringing back lockdowns and, in Shanghai, it's more intense than before. Jordan Schachtel wonders what's up with Wuhan 2.0. Is it a psyop or are they true believers? Making fun of preppers has been a favorite pastime for many folks who consider it the realm of conspiracy kooks. Theodore Dalrymple wonders if a new age of hardship might soften our views of the self-reliant. Sponsors: Dixie Chiropractic HSL Ammo Sewing & Quilting Center Monticello College Life Saving Food The Heather Turner Team at Patriot Home Mortgage Govern Your Crypto --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

Property and Freedom Podcast
PFP085 | Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple), The Mirage of “Equal Opportunity” (PFS 2011)

Property and Freedom Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2022


Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 085. This lecture is from the 2011 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England), The Mirage of “Equal Opportunity”. PFS 2011 Playlist.  

Property and Freedom Podcast
PFP063 | Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple), “Public Health” as a Lever for Tyranny (PFS 2010)

Property and Freedom Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022


Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 063. This lecture is from the 2010 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: “”Public Health” as a Lever for Tyranny,” by Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England). PFS 2010 Playlist.

Property and Freedom Podcast
PFP063 | Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple), “Public Health” as a Lever for Tyranny (PFS 2010)

Property and Freedom Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022


Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 063. This lecture is from the 2010 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: “”Public Health” as a Lever for Tyranny,” by Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) (England). PFS 2010 Playlist.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
S4E23: Life at the bottom | Anthony Daniels

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 117:28


Dr. Anthony Daniels is a British writer and essayist. He is known for writing such pieces as Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass, The Mandarins and the Masses, Not With a Bang With A Whimper, Spoiled rotten: The toxic cult of sentimentality, and The Terror of Existence. His columns in the Times, Spectator, and The Wall Street Journal.Dr. Anthony Daniels and Jordan discussed a variety of topics relating to distinct differences in culture and mindset in the poor “Underclass” in Britain. They examine many stories from Dr. Daniel's time as a consulting physician in a prison and hospital in one of the poorest areas of London and draw conclusions on similarities in violence, domestic abuse, learned helplessness, education, monogamy, the disintegration of the family, and more.Find more Dr. Anthony Daniels writing under his pen name Theodore Dalrymple  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The BreakPoint Podcast
Millennials and the False Gospel of Politics

The BreakPoint Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2020 4:09


Have you seen the image of that woman during President Trump's 2017 inauguration who threw back her head and screamed “NOOO!” like Luke Skywalker did when he found out Darth Vader was his father? Well, the woman has since become a meme. And while it's always unacceptable to ridicule or belittle anyone made in the image of God, I remember an insightful remark about this woman's show of emotion.          For her and for many others, the 2016 electoral results meant that hope itself was lost. For those who gnashed their teeth at the inauguration, politics had taken on the role of religion in their lives.          January's cover story of TIME magazine all but admits this, although the hope is noticeably revived. Charlotte Alter, the author of the forthcoming book “The Ones We've Been Waiting For,” makes no effort to hide the fact that for many millennials, political reform has become a kind of gospel—and they its evangelists.          In a few years, writes Alter, millennials will be a majority of the electorate, and with historically favorable views of socialism, low views of organized religion, and liberal views on sex and gender, the up-and-coming generation looks ready to reverse what older voters have tried to accomplish by electing conservatives.          Alter is not only okay with this, she's more than okay. Her tone throughout the TIME article is triumphant. She can't wait for millennial leaders and voters to transform America, nor does she expect their zeal to lessen, even as they age.          The odd thing throughout the article is that Alter never bothers to argue that these ultra-liberal views are true. For her, young voters' passion to “change to world,” together with the fact that they're young, are all the evidence she needs to know that they're right.          If millennials' and Gen Z's political views are near-religious, then the devotion to that religion that Alter describes and reflects can be called a cult of adolescence. I used that term last year on BreakPoint after 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg was applauded for shouting, “How dare you?” at a room of adults at the United Nations. It's also the same cult we saw after the Parkland high school students slammed adults as ignorant and lazy for not passing the gun control laws they wanted.          Writing at First Things last month, Theodore Dalrymple compares the activism of millennial progressives with an account by a young Marxist who traveled to Syria to fight for ISIS. Like this recruit to totalitarian ideology, Dalrymple thinks the rising generation of American voters is seeking more from politics than just good laws. They're seeking salvation—they're seeking a cure for the world's evils, and an escape from what feels like a meaningless existence. Having abandoned any hope that these things will come from God, they're left hitching their hopes to the next election, to the next Supreme Court ruling, or the next session of Congress.          “There is an evangelical tone to their declarations,” Dalyrmple writes, “a sorting of the wheat from the chaff, the sheep from the goats, the saved from the damned. They do not merely want formal changes...[t]hey demand a reform of the human heart and intend to bring it about.”          But of course, politics can never deliver those things. For those who look to activism and policy to fill what Dalrymple calls their “existential void,” the only thing worse than losing elections might be winning them.          I don't know whether Alter is right about the way millennials will vote in the long-term. If there's one thing we've learned in the last few years, political pundits struggle to predict the future. Whenever they tell us an outcome is inevitable that's almost reason alone to doubt it.          But what is inevitable, I'm much more certain, is disappointment for anyone who makes politics their religion. As Christians who have answer that actually can satisfy and a gospel that actually can change hearts and the world, we should see in that disappointment a chance for truth and love, not for gloating.